Posts by Anne Evans-Cazier, LCSW

I have a question for you.   How are the tweens and teens in your life doing now that they are back in school after the holidays?   In our family, even though our teenage grandkids are vaccinated, super good about wearing their masks, and thoughtful about what they do and where they go, two…

That definitely did not turn out as planned.   Sue Diamond, a wonderful supporter, wrote to tell me that she loves our emails but had to give up trying to read last week’s post because the font was too small.     I wrote back and told her I really appreciated her support and suggestion and…

Ready or not, the New Year is upon us.    I take heart this year in the agony and ecstasy of British biking.   After years of near constant crushing defeat, coach Sir Dave Brailsford changed the course of history with a daring gamble.   You see, Sir Dave was not only a cyclist, he…

Sometimes you only have to say, “Hey, look out the window!”   And your teenager glances up from their phone, looks out the window, and, even if for just a moment, you share the beauty of a sunset, or a hawk in flight, or whatever; the “what” isn’t the most important thing.   That’s exactly…

I thought it was a big glass of cold milk.    My favorite drink. And I was thirsty. And hungry. And tired.   It wasn’t mine, but I knew there was plenty more in the fridge so…   I took a big gulp.   Yuck!   NOT milk.   Buttermilk.   My dad’s favorite.  …

Botany, of course! I remember my dad telling me about his botany professor, Dr. Bradnum Saville Flowers, as Dad and I hiked together and he taught me the names of flowers as we passed them on the trail.   Dr. Flowers reportedly couldn’t stand either of his given names, so he was affectionately known as…

“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.”   This call for gratitude…